SUTURE WELDING DEVICE

摘要

This invention is devices (1) for welding suture segments (in lieu of tying knots in sutures (41) applied during endoscopic surgery). The devices (1) provide for snaring loose suture ends (47, 48), and drawing the suture ends (47, 48) into a space between heating surfaces (19, 20), and provide for closing the heating surfaces (19, 20).